Thursday 27 February 2014

Courage to be Me

 
I was at bible study this morning and the topic of courage came up. (Yay, my word of the year!) And it made me think about how I felt pretty good about some of my progress in courageous steps. I've been making a better effort to reach out to people, I've even been starting conversations with people I normally would not ever have the confidence to speak to, and so I know this is Christ in me. I have stepped out of my comfort zone to share an experience with my husband that I knew he would so enjoy...I shot a shot gun for the first time! So I was already getting complacent. I checked a few cool things off my list and was sorta thinking... ok, that's good for now. Oh no, the Lord was showing me this morning, that that was not it, He has so much more in store for me.
He has been bringing me to a spot, through the "Made to Crave" book study, that I need to have the courage to constantly put food in its place of only being nourishment of my physical health. It does not bring happiness or mean I am loving on myself when I get to eat yummy food. This verse really hit it home for me this morn. :
Isaiah 8:13 Make the Lord of Heaven's Armies holy in your life. He is the one you should fear. (...not weight gain, or looking bad, being unpopular) That is what usually fuels weight loss, the shallow fears. Not the Lord. I want to have the courage to face the Lord each morning honestly and say to Him "I want to honor You with my life." He has given me the privilege to courageously do His will boldly because He has already given me the victory. I don't need to fear anything, I have every right to be me as He has made me, and in faith follow His leading. He is not done with me yet, and that's ok, because Christ died for me when He knew what I would be like. I fall but like a father with a new toddler on wobbly legs He lifts me up and encourages me to try again with His loving arms ready to catch me. Oh do I ever forget that He does take me as I am, and that I have to remember I can go to Him as I am. That's when He can truly shine through me, and show Himself.
I get so excited when I even just think back in my own life, and all the things the Lord has done. We are called Gods children because we can be courageous only through Him. Like a child to their Father we will always need to go to the Father and constantly ask Him what to do, ask for guidance, "check in", lean on Him, lament to Him, cry to Him, get comfort, tell him everything, ask for stuff... He is our daddy. He accepts me as I am, He wants me to have the courage to do the same. He loves me so much, that He refuses to leave me that way, and He wants me to have the courage to believe that and let Him work in and through me.
 

5 comments:

  1. Love, love, love your blog post on being courageous!! You hit the nail on the head that some of us must have courage to put "food in it's place of only being nourishment of our physical health". Isaiah 8:13 is PERFECT for this part of the MTC journey as we close out the study. <3 <3 <3

    Thank you for sharing your thoughts with us today! :D

    In His love,
    Pat (OBS Blog Hop Team)

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    1. This time around there has been so many things that the Lord in His timing has been showing me, even though I know this isn't the first time I have been shown these truths. There have been a lot of those a ha! moments. I Love It!

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  2. "I want to have the courage to face the Lord each morning honestly and say to Him "I want to honor You with my life." Love that line! :) Great blog post. :)

    http://yearninginmyheart.blogspot.com

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  3. I love how you discuss needing to put food in its proper place. It is so easy to get caught up in the yummy things we can eat. Plus we can eat for the wrong reasons at the wrong times. When we put our focus on God, we can do so much better at keeping food in its proper place. It is always interesting to see how God tries to stretch us to make us grow.

    Thanks again for sharing.

    God Bless,
    Patti P (OBS Group 40)

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